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My Name Is No One

by J C Graeme

If there is a back story to the Odyssey, then this novel by J. C. Graeme is it. Forget the return from Troy and a band of heroes voyaging the seas and encountering monsters and adventure aplenty while having their way with the local maidens and the odd goddess. In this story of Odysseus, he is a bar-fly in the Sunset Bar on Khios where he trades stories for jugs of wine with the bar owner Homer. He takes on a job for a local merchant on Khios to pick up some cargo on the mainland and while cross... more

Drop-Dead Gorgeous

by Navy Topaz

Drop-Dead Gorgeous is a magical reality story for mature readers, seen from the point of view of CELESTE, an ordinary girl from a small town. She is the victim of ridicule and bullying; she confides in her best friend, TRISH. Her father, BRENT, and mother, ALICE, prefer her brother, MICHAEL. In her teens, she makes a boyfriend, MATT who takes her virginity. Her mother irritates her. She goes to work by commuter train to Toronto where she has a temporary job as a graphic designer. Matt gets a job... more

The World and Everything in It (Leviathan) (Volume 1)

by Shaun Tan

The world changes, Asia grows, American might declines, and four great families jostle for influence. Meet the cosmopolitan McAffreys, transplanted from New York to the gilded cage of Singapore; the Chans of Malaysia, haughty, aristocratic, squabbling over their empire whilst the country around them burns; the Cheungs of Hong Kong, brilliant, cultivated, and driven by shadowy purpose; and the Baos of China, an illustrious family brought low.

In a story that spans the globe, that steps d... more

The King in the Stone

by Carmen Ferreiro-Esteban

A full moon, a silver key, and the forbidden passion of two young lovers will bring hope to a defeated kingdom and, through their sorrow, deliver a king who will change its fate Sent back in time through a portal the full moon opens, Julian and Andrea, two lovers from a parallel universe, are caught in opposite sides of the battle between the last Spanish stronghold and the Arabian invaders. A battle for survival that will determine the fate of a kingdom and demand of them the ultim... more

Abstracts

by valli s

The Tide is High (Rude Boy USA Series Volume 3)

by Victoria Bolton

In this third installment of Victoria Bolton’s Rude Boy USA series, we rejoin John and Bunny LeBlanc upon their return to his hometown of New York City, where John has big plans on the political scene. The Chimera group has been resurrected with John at its head, and the Dixon-Rhodos Foundation is alive and well. However, among those who dare stand in the way of the infamous John LeBlanc and his friends is the prosecutor who tried John for murder and lost—Mario Pasquale. Mario, John’s opponen... more

Pretentious

by James McAllen

Pretentious is the story of Zack Miller, a budding superstar who was in the middle of recording his third album, when he decided to turn his back and walk away. For the better part of two decades, he has lived his life away from music and out of the spotlight. Now, 20 years later and long since relevant, he finds his world is once again turning upside down when a drunken TMZ moment lands him back in the public eye.

Victor's Way

by Laurence Leamer

Victor’s Way is the story of the improbable rise of Victor V. Victor, a flamboyant New York businessman, to the presidency of the United States as told by his longtime butler, Billy Baxter. Henry Ferris, my editor at William Morrow, loves the novel but can’t publish until next spring. I think it’s important to have it out before the election. That’s why I’m self-publishing. “It's damn-well written, racy, readable, funny and sharp, with a glorious mix of snobbery meets the American bottom lin... more

For King and Country (Battle Scars) (Volume 2)

by Charlene Newcomb

Selected as an Editor's Choice by the Historical Novel Society.. England 1193 Civil war threatens as battle-scarred knight Henry de Grey returns from the Crusades. King Richard languishes in captivity, a prisoner of the Holy Roman Emperor. Traitors to the crown pit Henry and his friends against dangerous and unknown enemies. Loyalties will be tested, families torn apart. Friend or foe? It is hard to tell one from the other. The king’s brother John and his allies plot to usurp Richard’... more

Ladies in Low Places

by Mary Ann Henry

Set in the mythic, coastal lands of the South Carolina and Georgia Lowcountry, each story in the collection captures the moments in women's lives when they must confront some aspect of their authentic selves. Whether they're seventeen or seventy-nine, the characters bring to life the Grit, Wit and It of the southern female psyche, at the same time, turning the stereotypes inside out. For readers looking for strong, often quirky, female characters, Ladies in Low Places delivers.

Wanted: An Honest Man

by Cricket Rohman

With a little mystery and a little romance, WANTED: AN HONEST MAN captures the bittersweet growth of a young woman trying to make sense of her turbulent life.

Lindsey, a beautiful, talented teacher is a fighter and a positive thinker, but after the man of her dreams betrays her, then steals her beloved dog, she struggles. Strange, threatening phone calls begin to haunt her. A stalker, perhaps? Though she doesn’t want to be alone, she isn’t ready to go looking for new love, b... more

North of the Killing Hand

by Joni M Fisher

After Nefi Jenkins witnesses her parents’ murder in Brazil, she bonds with her American rescuers. They bring her to the U.S. to live with her relatives where she must adapt to a radically different lifestyle. She dedicates her life to law enforcement, in large part to impress Vincent Gunnerson, one of her rescuers. Later, Nefi is forced to choose between the rule of law and the temptation of revenge.

The Legend of Kalikimaka - The Christmas Auntie - with CD Christmas Hawaiian-Style

by Robert Westerman

Santa, Mrs. Claus, and Hawaiian “Superman”, Maui, ask/assign a young woman/ school teacher, Auntie Lani, a demigod with powers, to fill a damaging void in the culture by creating a Christmas Hawaiian-Style process that includes: pulling-up a new secret island for toy production; distribution of gifts via a newly-designed air-surfing board pulled by owl-gods, placement of gifts by Hawaii’s tiny Men-A-Hoon-A people, and more. A jealous fire goddess throws red-hot volcano lava in their path

Calamity Jane- How the West Began

by Bryan Ney

Fifteen-year-old Martha Canary's family arrives in the goldfields of 1860's Montana in impoverished circumstances and despised for uncertain reasons. Soon though, Martha makes a name for herself as Calamity Jane through her exploits, wins friends and becomes the toast of the town. Murder and robbery stalk all who travel the surrounding trails, and Jane thinks she knows who is responsible. Can she and her new friends rally forces to clean the place up?.

The Soldier, the Avatar, and the Holocaust: WWII Germany, Jan.-May, 1945

by Ronni Sanlo

Did the Holocaust really happen? Seventeen-year old computer nerd Beth needs to know, so in 2017 she time-travels back to 1945 and accompanies her 19 year-old Jewish great-grandfather Sandy through the last five months of WWII. Along the way, she joins with two other teen time-travelers to meet three young German girls who share their stories of survival of the various armies that invaded their town, goes to 1945 Ohio to meet her 18 year-old great-grandmother who waits for her young soldier to c... more

Wednesday: A Political Satire

by Steven Evans

Girls are only supposed to have fun — right?

Among the young scholars on the first day of seventh grade, Lakshmi Pardeshi — better known as Lash — befriends a fascinating girl named Wednesday, who claims she can control people with her mind. Impressed by Wednesday’s bold demeanor and sharp wit, Lash enlists Wednesday to help with an unpopular friend’s bid for class president amid unstoppable competition. With each passing day, Lash... more

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